Thomson GE 28111EE2 DECT 6.0 Dual Handset Expandable System with Caller ID

Went in to the local big box electronics store armed with my consumer magazine ratings to buy a digital phone for my land line and saw this model with multiple handsets. Although not shown on my ratings, this DECT 1.9GHz model from GE caught my attention and the packaging box displayed the exact feature list I was looking for.

After charging the batteries for sixteen hours, I began programming the phone with a minimum set of numbers to test. I could not get it to answer a call from my cell phone on either handset with any audible ringtone. Called tech support which advised me to turn off my household Wi-Fi (Isn't this what a DECT phone is for?). I did, and the same non-response. I returned this phone today and will choose one that is on the consumer magazine rating list.

I wanted a phone with the following features:
- didn't interfere with home WiFi network
- had a headset jack on the handset
- had a mute button
- had an answering machine
- could keep good quality while roaming 1 or 2 rooms away

I tried two sets of GE 6.0 phones, and both suffered from faint, tinny, clipped audio. Words that were perfectly understandable on other phones were simply not there on this one. Also, the buttons aren't actually lit - the light is a ring around each button, but not the button itself. So it actually makes it HARDER to read individual buttons in a darkened room.

I was very disappointed in this phone.

Of those I tried: GE, Uniden, Panasonic and AT&T, the Panasonic was the best. All features work, Panasonic audio is good, and the buttons and beeps are nice and responsive. Only complaint about the Panasonic is that there is no display on the base unit to show how many answering machine...Read more

Horrible phone. It's very lightweight and feels cheap. The handsets are not comfortable against your head or in your hand. The belt clip is short and not secure. The blue backlight comes on very frequently for no reason when the phone is at rest, creating a lot of light in a dark room. Just look at it and it lights up. Also, when it's on its base, the red charge light is always blinking, and it's a large light, and the large bright blue message light is also very obtrusive. GE makes incredibly obtrusive phones in general, however. I stopped using my 2.4ghz phone because every time I put the handset on the base it confirmed connected with a very loud beep that would wake anyone sleeping in the room. You could not shut it off. The button beeps are very loud and you can't turn the Voice volume down enough. We joke that it's a special model for the hearing impaired. These new phones, then, must be for the vision impaired.

This phone has lousy sound quality...Read more